| Name: | BRITISH SPLENDOUR |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 20/11/1930 |
| Completed: | 02/1931 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 1004 |
| Dimensions: | 7138grt, 4172nrt, 441.2 x 59.7 x 33.0ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 6cyl (23.5 x 91.25ins), 687nhp |
| Engines by: | William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 162546 |
| History: | |
| 17/02/1931 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London |
| 07/04/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | 07/04/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U552, 160 miles NE of Wilmington |
| On a voyage from Houston via Halifax for UK with a cargo of benzine |
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